If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
BOYD K. PACKERDespite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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